Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Certificate
Bring your ideas to life with practical skills in entrepreneurship. Learn to identify opportunities, design business models and solve problems creatively. Whether you're interested in starting your own venture or driving innovation in an organization, you'll gain tools that set you apart.
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Accreditation
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Certificate description
Entrepreneurship and Innovation undergraduate certificate description
The certificate program in entrepreneurship and innovation engages you, challenging you to discover new ways of thinking while approaching business in a new way. You benefit from an entrepreneurship curriculum focused on principles that involve the startup of a new organization and its management into a fully established firm.
Beyond those related specifically to entrepreneurial business practices, courses in the certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation include such topics as social entrepreneurship, arts entrepreneurship, idea generation and storytelling as additional perspectives for you as an entrepreneur.
Why earn an entrepreneurship and innovation undergraduate certificate at ASU?
You can customize this entrepreneurial program through focus-area electives that link entrepreneurship to engineering, arts, science and more.
You earn your certificate inside the W. P. Carey School of Business, a large, AACSB-accredited business school with student clubs, career resources, alumni networks and dedicated entrepreneurship support. In addition, you can tap into study abroad opportunities and the wider Phoenix metro business ecosystem as you build hands-on experience.
Courses
This undergraduate certificate includes courses focused on a specialized topic, so you can advance your skills for further professional opportunities. Explore all courses below:
2026-2027 Catalog Year
The certificate requires 15 credit hours. A "C" minimum is required for all courses in the certificate, although students must maintain a 3.00 GPA in the post-baccalaureate certificate program.
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The entrepreneurship and innovation certificate requires 15 credit hours and is available to all majors. At least 12 credit hours must be upper division. All coursework must be taken at ASU. Students must complete all courses with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) or better. |
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ENT 305 Principles of Entrepreneurship
3 credit hours
Minimum
grade:C
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C | 3 |
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ENT 340 Creativity and Innovation
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TEM 230 Creativity and Business Innovation
(HUAD)
3 credit hours
Minimum
grade:C
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C | 3 |
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ENT 360 Entrepreneurship and Value Creation
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TEM 400 Technology Entrepreneurship
3 credit hours
Minimum
grade:C
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C | 3 |
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Students select two courses within the same focus area below. It is the student's responsibility to check the prerequisites required by courses in their discipline. American Indian Studies Focus Area: Anticipating Futures Focus Area: Aviation Management Focus Area:
AMT 491 is required in the aviation management focus area. Students will choose one other AMT course.
Biomedical Engineering Focus Area: Business/Start-up Focus Area: Design and Arts Focus Area: Digital Media Entrepreneurship - Web Focus Area: Herberger, FSE, WPC - Innovation Space Focus Area: New product development. Students enroll in the courses associated with their major. Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering - Alternative Energy Entrepreneurship Focus Area: Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering - Process Innovation Focus Area: Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering - New Product Development Focus Area: Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering - Social Entrepreneurship Focus Area: Small Business Focus Area: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Science Focus Area: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Focus Area: Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions Focus Area:
6 credit hours
Minimum
grade:C
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C | 6 |
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Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.
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Enrollment requirements
The certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation is available to all ASU students in good standing except those majoring in business entrepreneurship, management with a concentration in entrepreneurship, and technology entrepreneurship and management.
A student pursuing an undergraduate certificate must be enrolled as a degree-seeking student at ASU. Undergraduate certificates are not awarded before the completion of an undergraduate degree. A student who already holds an undergraduate degree may pursue an undergraduate certificate as a nondegree-seeking graduate student.
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Careers this entrepreneurship and innovation undergraduate certificate prepares you for
Students advance their career options through this undergraduate certificate program, developing additional competencies that complement the marketable knowledge and skills they acquire in their majors. Those who complete this program often decide to pursue employment in management, sales and marketing.
Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for academic or clinical positions.
Contact information
Use the contact information below to get in touch if you're a current student or have general questions.
School of Technology,Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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BA 318
wpcareymgt@asu.edu
480-965-3431
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